Nick Milan

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since Aug 19, 2017
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Really into food. Growing cooking storing etc.
Attended PDC in Hawaii in 2014
Studied Aquaponics
Lived in Permaculture based IC
Currently homesteading and living in community in NE Missouri at Bear Creek Community Land Trust (Seeking Members!)
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Shaun Richter wrote:If someone makes the Walnut Butter/Jelly Spread, Make a video or take pictures and tell us how it tastes and textures and stuff.  



I've just madey first two batches of Black Walnut Syrup, and I filtered the pectin out and canned it. On the first batch I filtered it out pretty early on the process and the jelly is nearly clear with a very mild syrup flavor but the pectin I filtered from the second batch at the end of reducing is incredible. It's a very firm jelly, like a store bought grape jelly, is dark, rich and extremely sweet. Tastes just like Black Walnut Syrup but spreadable. I'll try get some footage of my next round of toast for you.
7 months ago
I've been looking to make some for years now and finally made it happen, I've got 50 trees tapped so far and supplies for another 50. Two batches down, hopefully lots more to go. I am hoping to sell it, and the prices I've seen are pretty surprising. I guess the price or everything surprises me these days but $40-50 for an 8oz jar is a lot. Definitely makes all the endless sap hauling and fire tending worth it. And of course all the syrup I can eat myself.

At those prices, maybe it would be worth it for you to do another run!

As far how long to boil it, it's a long time. Depends on your fire and surface area of your pans but 5 hours is about as quick as I can make it with a rolling boil in three hotel pans, and that's for about 20 gallons of sap. You want to get it to 7 degrees above the boiling temperature of water or 67% sugar.
7 months ago
Perhaps you would like it here at Bear Creek Community Land Trust in NE Missouri. I found this Community 5 6 years ago on permies and I'm a big fan. We've had lots of experience with neurodivergance so I don't imagine that will be a problem. See the website for more info: https://bearcreekcommunitylandtrust.org/our-land/
11 months ago
I have a buddy who does "precious plastic", it's an online community of diy plastic recyclers, He routinely buys shredders at thrift stores and the like, really great value, even the ones that aren't working can usually be fixed pretty easy by disassembling the safety mechanisms. If you can find a good commercial grade one, it will eat that cardboard, no problem.

Those things are pretty impressive, he shoves all kinds of plastic through them!
3 years ago
Wow, this property sounds amazing!

Personally I would jump at the chance to design a system around a thriving protected wetland! Limitations breed creativity, finding out what those limitations are would be key.

I googled "Thurston Co Washington Protected Wetland Rules" and found this potentially helpful document:
https://www.co.thurston.wa.us/planning/critical_areas/docs/2010/Chapter_24.30_Wetlands.pdf

I get the feeling that if you design to meet the counties goals laid out in that document, such as "removing sediment, excess
nutrients and toxic substances from water" then you would be well within the law.

I am curious if anyone has experience on enforcement of these sorts of things.
4 years ago
I am surprised nobody mentioned that the flower is edible, I am curious to try this aggresive plant in my designs.
5 years ago
Thank you, so much, for your responses Elanor and Hans. I appreciate your thoughts!

I am sure you have learned much about how the human body works and how it complains when you use it in ways or beyond its limits


I certainly have! In circus we lean in to pain but develop a keen awareness for the difference between painful and injurious. A partner of mine has studied functional patterns and they are Obsessed with perfecting form, I would love to include some information on that and ergonomic movement in general.

I think the dog in the time lapse is good. Adds a random element and apparently lots of people like dogs ;)


That's Carl Weathers, and you can be sure that you will see a lot more of him nd my adorable cat Napoleon Bonaparte. I agree that people love to see animals in content like this... I wonder why that is? Maybe because they are relatable. I enjoy seeing their behavior in timelapse, so busy and 'helpful.'

Are you vegetarian?


Not strictly, I eat mostly vegan and then add in very high quality meats and dairy products... Based mostly on how they are raised and their carbon footprint... I call it BeyondVegan, trying to sound more pretentious than even the vegans. So wild harvested is best, raised by me next, then locally produced pasture raised animal products, and lastly I do occasionally eat things that normally wouldn't qualify but that I save from a waste stream.

Would it be too much content for a single video to have some acrobatics, then gardening inc. harvesting, then preparing of food? Or simpler, acrobatics IN the garden, followed by showing food prepared earlier.

Maybe you know more people with good gardens you could do acrobatics in for variety of plants and scenes.  



That sounds like a wonderful video to me, perhaps each component can be a snippet for social media and then I can upload a whole 'episode' to Vimeo or YouTube. That's really just an average day for me, so it's just about setting up the camera, living my life, then editing and uploading. Should be doable once a week. I do know lots of people with gardens and I tend to travel a good amount so I can even show different climates and cooking styles.


Thanks again for the suggestions!
I've planned out an acro, partner workout sequence that I hope to upload here soon. I'm more motivated now that people are talking to me! Yay.




6 years ago
Here are a couple of test shots for the time lapse sequences:



I also love to cook and share delicious food, so I hope to include some cooking sequences:


Refried Michigan Bean Tacos
6 years ago

About me: My name is Nick Milan, I am 34 years old, I am an acrobatic performer and permaculture designer and enthusiast.

My day job usually looks like:

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but I have mixed the gardens and acro in the past



I have recently become a father, and that has changed me considerably. I am committed to getting the word out about better ways to live in harmony with the world. I think this might be my niche for doing that. I am going to begin editing some videos together for my first #logbody video, but I was hoping i might post the clips here and get somefeed back on what lands and what doesn't. i will also be editing some photos and clips for the Insta that I would appreciate eyes on.

I want, for this project, to feel like a sketch comedy type of show ala W/ Bob&David or Mr. Show, with a lot of time lapse sequences similar to Survival Skills Primitive on youtube:https://youtu.be/-9-6259glPE
6 years ago
I am currently filming concepts for my re-branded Instagram account @AcrobaticLumberjack

Following the advice I got from Paul Wheaton about passive income, I have started to generate some video content that is hilarious (I hope), sexy (i'm told) and contains the bricks of a new society, great ideas from permaculture, put in to practice on camera with lots of manual labor filmed in the guise of a Fitness Craze called #logbody



I am looking for feedback on some of these clips and for people to point out what I am forgetting to consider, so that my feed isn't lame.
   
6 years ago